374 
March 10, 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
Is R. Armstrong Mfg. Co., of Cincinnati, 
O., £\ reliable firm? b. v. s. 
Iowa. 
We believe they are financially re¬ 
sponsible, but some of their goods fall 
far short of satisfaction. 
New Hampshire Poultryman, Antrim, N. 
II.; publishers. 
A subscriber reports that he paid their 
agent $1 for a list of papers and could 
get no reply from complaints. Our letter 
of inquiry was returned unopened. 
Claude A. Guilder, Taylor University, Up¬ 
land, Ind. 
Farmers report receiving circulars and 
dunning letters for a book, which lie says 
he sent them without an order, and 
wants to know what to do about it. Burn 
the circulars and do nothing more. 
Do you know anything about the Inde¬ 
pendent Harvester Co. of Plano, Ill.? Do 
you think it a safe investment? a. w. 
Nebraska. 
Yes; we know about it. We do not 
regard such stock as a good investment, 
and think this a particularly unwise 
one. 
I made a settlement with Adams Express, 
so you can call claim off. Thank you for 
your favor. J. J. 
Delaware. 
This was for loss during transporta¬ 
tion of part of a shipment of squabs. 
We are glad to have the express com¬ 
pany settle so promptly. 
What about Zephyrhill Colony at Abbott, 
Florida? I have invested a little in it. 
x. B. 
Those who invest in Florida land 
schemes without inspection of the prop¬ 
erty, do so at their own risk in oppo¬ 
sition to our advice. In our judgment, 
they make a bad investment. 
I paid $1.60 on a 16-pound package from 
Southold, L. I., to Hendersonville, N. C. 
The express agent here said it should bo 
Jfl.lQ. It seems too much to me. ('an 
you help me out? header. 
North Carolina. 
The Long Island Express Company 
has corrected an overcharge of 20 cents 
and refunded this amount through The 
R. N.-Y. It could have been sent by 
parcels post at proposed rates for about 
40 cents. 
I received a check from the Globe Asso¬ 
ciation of $12.50 and thank you very much. 
If you will tell me what the bill is, I will 
pay you, and will try to help you all I 
can with the paper. g. w. h. 
Vermont. 
This is more than we expected. It is 
the second remittance that we have in¬ 
duced them to return, but we have sev¬ 
eral complaints yet unsatisfied. Unless 
they are settled we propose to present all 
the facts to the Post Office Department. 
In our judgment they contain conclusive 
evidence of fraud. 
In regard to the claim against the 
Harlem Typewriter Exchange, New York, 
would say that I have now received their 
check for the amount. Thank you very 
much. w. d. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
This was in answer to our demand, 
but the check was not sent through us. 
A great many accounts are settled this 
way, as they do not seem to want to ad¬ 
mit that The R. N.-Y. reminder was the 
cause of the remittance. Sometimes it 
may not be, but we are satisfied when 
our people get their money. 
Is it an infraction of the rules of the 
Post Ollice Department for a concern to 
take money and agree to teach palmistry, 
and also read impressions of the hands by 
mail? NEW SUBSCRIBER. 
Ohio. 
If you can present evidence to show 
that any concern is using the mail to 
defraud, the Department will take it up 
and, if sustained, fraud orders will be 
issued, and the concern denied the use of 
the mails. But we know of no general 
rule against the practices referred to. 
Complaints may always be sent to the 
Postmaster General, Washington, D. C. 
The Postal Life Insurance Co., 527 Fifth 
avenue, New York, owe me $30 for stock 
which they promised to redeem. I did not 
invest as a sucker, but had a misapprehen¬ 
sion as to its standing, largely caused by its 
being called at first “The Outlook Insur¬ 
ance Club,” and having its advertisements 
in that magazine. Can you collect the ac¬ 
count? It. G. H. 
Maine. 
Fakers frequently adopt names and 
seek associations to cover up their pur¬ 
poses and borrow respectability, and 
some very high-toned publications some¬ 
times stand behind some very shady 
transactions if the cash equivalent seems 
large enough. E. G. Lewis had no 
trouble to get full-page advertisements 
in the magazines last Summer for his 
fake schemes; and the Wonderberry 
advertising has been appearing in the 
most wordy and boastful of them re¬ 
cently. We can usually collect legiti¬ 
mate accounts against houses that want 
to stay in business, even if their reputa¬ 
tion is not all it ought to be; but we 
can do nothing with fakers who have 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
no reputation to lose. We would like 
to shame the respcctabje publications 
that become accessory in their guilt by 
recommending them to their subscribers. 
Herewith find circular from the Daniel 
Frazier Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Please note 
its contents and advise if they are re¬ 
sponsible and location of this land. You 
will greatly oblige your readers in this 
vicinity for this information. t. b. s. 
Ohio. 
We are afraid this has many of the 
ear marks of land schemes generally. 
If you want to grow truck for city and 
hotel trade this section bf New Jersey 
is all right, but you will find lots of es¬ 
tablished competition. But do not buy 
the land as an investment unless you are 
ready to move on it and work it. Don’t 
buy it then until you have seen it, and 
found what you can do with other land 
in the neighborhood. 
While reading on page 237 about “Other 
People's Money” invested in the Lewis 
“People's U. S. Bank” scheme, I wish to 
add my words of thanks to The R. N.-Y. 
for being $200 better off than I would 
have been if I bad not been a subscriber to 
your paper. We had saved a couple of 
hundred dollars and were considering what 
bank to put it in when we read about 
Lewis’s scheme. As the other bankers of 
St. Louis, and only responsible business 
men were to be directors, it seemed a' fair 
and reliable investment. On the eve of 
sending our money I decided to bold back 
and ask our old friend The It. N.-Y.’s 
advice. It soon came and was a big “Don’t,” 
and we didn't, but took our money and 
invested in a little home. c. H. 
Chicago. 
Wc are always glad to have a report 
like this. We get more of them than 
we can find space to print. This work 
would be useless if it did not save 
people money. That is what it is for. 
A Pennsylvania farmer wrote the 
Moore Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa., his 
opinion about their Alfalfa seed deal 
with a New York farmer, and got this 
reply: 
The whole trouble is that the party has 
boon after us to give them an advertise¬ 
ment, and they have had a man here this 
year soliciting our advertisement, and 
when they found they could not get it, 
it has been a case of sour grapes with them. 
We could tell you more about it if we 
wanted to, and it would not be favorable 
for the other side. the moobe seed co. 
It is possible that the Moore Seed 
Co. have received our advertising cir¬ 
culars, and possibly calls from adver¬ 
tising solicitors, but their order if re¬ 
ceived, would never have been accepted 
until they were looked up. and with 
the information now on file, it would 
never have been accepted. With such a 
record, there is not money enough in 
Philadelphia to buy a single line of ad¬ 
vertising for them in this paper. We 
want to tell them that we refuse the 
advertising of houses, which as com¬ 
pared to them, are in our judgment com¬ 
mendable seed houses. The Moore Seed 
Co. has simply exceeded the limit of 
toleration. 
You stated tlio exact truth when you 
said the lands of the St. Cloud Veteran 
Colony, of Florida, were almost worthless 
and almost uninhabitable. These land 
schemes requiring money to be sent in ad¬ 
vance, and tlie land allotted by the pro¬ 
moters always prove disastrous. The pro¬ 
moters work for their own interest, and to 
send them money is little less than idiocy. 
Anyone seriously meditating such a course 
may well be watched by his friends and 
put under guardianship, before he has a 
chance to consummate the deal. Though 
no mention is made of irrigation, drainage 
and fertilization, these are very important 
items. An acre of land in Florida irrigated 
and fertilized for one year will cost the 
purchaser from $300 to $400 on an aver¬ 
age. I have not seen an acre of land to 
be relied upon to produce a crop without 
from $60 to $80 worth of fertilizer, unless 
it be some of the muck land which does 
not require quite so much. If several crops 
are raised on the same ground each one 
must have additional fertilization. And 
the market is very uncertain. I could tell 
you some distressing cases in connection 
with this colony. One man came all the 
way from Washington State only to find 
that the promoters had deceived him. The 
Government should forbid the use of mail 
service to these promoters of Florida land 
schemes. H. c. l. 
St. Petersburg, Fla. 
It seems too bad to have to give so 
much space to one scheme. We have 
referred to it often; but when schemers 
take advantage of the sentiments of old 
soldiers, and, through pretended interest 
and comradeship, deceive them and rob 
them for personal gain, one feels justi¬ 
fied in- any honest effort to block the 
game. Do not send money to any land 
promoters anywhere. If you want to 
buy in any section, first investigate your¬ 
self or through trusted friends. 
I have just finished reading “The Heron 
Nest.” It’s a wholesome, true story of 
life. What more does one want? It goes 
next to “Nell Beverly, Farmer,” on my 
shelf, and well deserves the place. 
Pennsylvania. j. k. s. 
We get nothing but praise for the new 
story. But we have some left. Per¬ 
haps you are one of those who have not 
yet applied for yours. If so, this is the 
time to send on your renewal and the 
book will go to you by return mail. If 
you are not satisfied with the bargain, 
we will refund the dollar and no ques¬ 
tions asked. j. j. p. 
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EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO., 
Box J, New Brunswick, N J- 
Eggs From Prize-Winning Stock. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS—S2 per 15, S3.75 per 30; S5 
per 45, S10 per 100. 
ROUEN DUCKS—Big ones, great laying strain—SI.50 per 15, 
S3 per 30, $5 per 60, S7 per 100. 
CLARK FARM, BOONTON, N. J. 
BLACK ORPINGTON EGGS 
FROM PKIZK WINNERS 
$1.50, $3.00 and $5.00 per 15; 1st and 3d on cockerel; 
2d and 3d on pen; 2d on pullet. Imperial Pekin 
duck eggs, $3.00 per 15; 1st on drake, 1st on duck. 
At Huntington Poultry Association, 1010. 
VV. W. HAWXHURST, Huntington, L. I. 
WHITE ORPINGTON EGGS. 
(Kellarstrasse Strain.) Pen contains 1st Cockerel 
and 1st Hen at Huntington Show- $3.50 per 15. 
Black and Buff Orpingtons, $2.00 per 15 eggs. 
FltFD. H. KOSTER, Huntington, N. Y. 
Single Comb Buff Orpington Eggs, 
Ten Cents Each. Prize winners—Baltimore, Ha¬ 
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a. J. STREET!’, Forest Hill, Maryland. 
R. I. Red and Silver-Laced Wyandottes. 
A few pens of choice stock to make room for 
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If yon want highest prices, now is the time to start 
your incubators. We have the fertile Eggs. 
WOODLANDS FARM (Inc.), IONA, N. J. 
E XHIBITION White Wyandotte Eggs, S3 & S5 per setting, 
from stock which won following prizes: 1st on 
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and live Specials at Huntington Poultry Show. 
IRVING E. BRUSH, Huntington, L. I„ N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. piTE LEGHORNS. 
Winners at N. YL State Fair; Tiios, $5; Eggs for 
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C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
Kean’s White Wyandottes & 
matings. Write for descriptive literature, 
E. FRANKIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
Eggs for Hatching—Baby Chicks 
Island 
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SMITH, GU2 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. REDS. 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Large Brown Eggs, utility, $5 per 100: Special 
Matings, $1.50 and $2 per 13; $10 and $12 per 100. 
Winners at Worcester, Springfield shows, etc. 
Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
P RIZE WINNING STRAINS—Rhode Island Reds, both 
combs; Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes, single 
comb White and Brown Leghorns: eggs, 15, $1.50; 
100, $7.00. Light and Dark Brahmas, eggs, 15, $2 00; 
100, $10.00. F. M. PRESCOTT, Riverdale. N. J. 
HONE’S “Bred to Lay” Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. 
Have fancy as well as practical qualities. Founda¬ 
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D. R. HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Box 24, Sharon Springs, N.Y. 
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Our stock is the result of 15 years of selection and 
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WHITE & RICK, Yorktown, N. Y. 
W P RflPlf C —Bred for laying March Pul- 
i li nUUixO lets, $2.50. Vlg. Cockerels, 
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V AN ALSTYNE’S RHODE ISLAND REOS-Eggs for hatch¬ 
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at $3 and $5. Baby Chicks hatched at $20 per 100. 
ED W. VAN ALSTYNE & SON, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
0 P WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY.-HatchingEggs 
Oi Ui from carefully selected birds only, now 
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TH0R0UCH-BRED POULTRY-Best twenty varieties. 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalog. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
E GGS.—$1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns, 
S. Hamburgs; 14 varieties; catalogue; 26 years’ 
expex-ience. S. K. MOHR, B. F., Coopersburg, Pa. 
Conn-Standard Bred for Eggs—White and 
uUUU Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca Hens 
and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMERI¬ 
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S.C. W. LEGHORNS, Wyckoff and Van Dresser strain. 
Celebrated for heavy egg production. Eggs $1 per 
15, $5 per 100. Geo. Lundgreen, Wyoming, Del. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL—Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
